Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy · Europe
Udine is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Colugna, 41km from Tolmin Gorge.
Udine is in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Colugna, about 4 km away.
Udine (US: OO-dee-nay; Italian: [ˈuːdine] ; Friulian: Udin; Latin: Utinum; Slovene: Videm) is a city and comune (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Regional decentralization entity of Udine. AsRead more
of 2025, it has a population of 98,320 in the commune, and 176,000 in the urban area.
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Within an hour or so of Udine: Hiša Franko (30 km), Soča Valley (33 km), Solkan Bridge (34 km), Kozjak Waterfall (34 km).
The nearest famous roads are Predil Pass, Mangart Saddle Road and Vršič Pass.
Udine is in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, about 4 km from Colugna.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
Full driving guide for Italy8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Ana Roš's three-Michelin-star farmhouse restaurant in Staro Selo outside Kobarid, cooking hyper-local Soča Valley ingredients: mountain cheese, river trout, foraged herbs. A pilgrimage-level food detour booked months ahead.
30 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Valley of the turquoise Soca river below the Julian Alps, followed by a scenic road from Bovec through Kobarid to Tolmin.
33 km · about 40 min drive
bridge
The world's longest stone railway arch, an 85 m span of hewn limestone blocks: vaults the emerald Soča river just north of Nova Gorica, best admired from the riverside road below.
34 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
A 15 m waterfall near Kobarid that pours into an underground-feeling amphitheatre chamber, its emerald plunge pool lit by a single opening in the rock. An easy 30-minute walk from the parking by the Soča.
34 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
Slovenia's highest waterfall at 106 m, visible from the road near Bovec and best after snowmelt.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
The lowest and most southerly entry point to Triglav National Park, featuring a dramatic thermal spring emerging from a cave in the gorge wall.
41 km · about 45 min drive
mountain pass
A 1,156 m pass on the Slovenian-Italian border above Bovec, guarded by the ruined Predil fortress; its sweeping curves pair perfectly with the nearby Mangart and Vršič roads on a Julian Alps loop.
47 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Majestic 78-metre waterfall plunging from a cave mouth into a turquoise pool at the head of Lake Bohinj in the Julian Alps.
50 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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